Altroconsumo (AC)

Registration on EU Transparency Register

Website

Goals / Remit

ALTROCONSUMO promotes and protects the basic interest and rights of consumers, as regards health and safety, the protection of economic interests, the right to redress, the right to be informed, the right to consumer education, the right to be represented and heard, the right to a healthy environment.
ALTROCONSUMO takes action on two fronts: on the one hand information and assistance to consumers through our magazines and services, and on the other by representing consumers with local, national and international institutions and collective information spread through the media.
Our main way of action to protect consumers is to inform and educate them. We do this by means of our publications that carry the results of product comparison tests, wide coverage on surveys, concrete and useful advice to single out the best quality versus price ratio and the most profitable opportunities for consumers, thereby enabling the latter to be in a position to choose, negotiate, avoid mistakes or swindles and to protect themselves.
ALTROCONSUMO wants the voice of consumers to be heard by national and international institutions responsible for the decisions made on issues regarding aspects of the consumer’s daily life and actively takes part in a great number of hearings, meetings and committees, both Italian and international, dealing with consumer problems.
Through press releases, press conferences, TV and radio programs, our activity is publicized with the general public. Mass media are often a useful ally in making people aware, on a local, domestic and international level.
ALTROCONSUMO is committed to transparency about EU interest representation.
When registering, we have therefore chosen to give all relevant information that we consider necessary for lobbying transparency. A credible EU lobbying transparency register should include names of individual lobbyists and the issues that they try to influence, provide precise and comparable financial information on lobbying, and have effective sanctions to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information disclosed. In an effort to arrive at a more objective way of calculating lobbying expenditures, we follow guidelines that result from consultations with public interest organisations, professionals working on lobby transparency as well as experts of US lobby disclosure legislation. Our registration is therefore providing a more comprehensive calculation of our lobbying expenses, and a list of those who, on behalf of ALTROCONSUMO, carry out activities with the objective of influencing the policy formulation and decision-making processes of the European institutions.

Person in charge of EU relations

Person with legal responsibility

Category

III - Non-governmental organisations

Subcategory

Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

Affiliation

On an international level, Altroconsumo is a member of BEUC (European Bureau of Consumer Organizations) and of Euroconsumers the European group composed by independent consumers association in several countries: Test-Achats (Belgium), DECO (Portugal), OCU (Spain) - PROTESTE (Brasil).

Altroconsumo is an active member of Consumers International (a worldwide organization of consumer associations) and thanks to the ICRT (International Consumers Testing & Research) membership, many Altroconsumo tests are performed in collaboration with independent consumer associations in other European countries.

Our aim, in close collaboration with these consumer organisations, is to reinforce consumerism and to get the voice of European consumers heard at world level.

Lobbying costs

5,250,000€ - 5,499,999€

Procurement from EU institutions

0 €

Grants from EU institutions

60,264 €

Full specified budget

Total budget

5,282,345 €

Total public financing

397,800 €

Other financial information

Altroconsumo's expenses for interest representation activities were calculated according to guidelines agreed by the civil society contact group: http://www.act4europe.org/register
Altroconsumo would also like to underline that the amounts indicated under the heading "public funding" is linked to reimbursement of direct expenses.
This part is not to be considered as a source of income. €

There are no notes attached to this organisation.

High-level groups

Consultative committees

Expert groups (European Commission)

none

Intergroups (European Parliament)

None

Industry forums (European Parliament)

None

Complementary information

Altroconsumo is member of several international organizations, such as Consumers International, and is represented since 1978 in BEUC, the European Consumer Association Organization, that guarantees each association privileged lines of communication with EU institutions.
We actively participate at BEUC activities and take part in a great number of hearings, meetings and committees with MEP’s and EU Commissioners dealing with consumer problems.

Meetings with European Commission

2 meetings found.

The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.